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Poetry Friday–Green Heron poem & WIP
Happy Poetry Friday! I’m following up on Christie Wyman’s call for bird poems–by featuring the Green Heron in poetry and art. Christie is hosting this weeks Poetry Friday Roundup at her blog Wondering and Wandering–thanks for the challenge and for … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Writing
Tagged #PoetryFriday, Aretha Franklin, Chicago's Caldwell pond, Christie Wyman, dragonflies, Ducks, Green Heron, Michelle Kogan, Monarchs, nature, Plein Air Painting, Spanish Harlem
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Join me for Summer Plein Air in the city painting workshop
Join me for one of my three Summer Plein Air in the City painting workshops, the first one starts Thursday, June 9, 2016. We’ll be painting at the Lincoln Park Conservatory. Visit the Evanston Art Center: www.evanstonartcenter.org for registration and more of … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, Art Classes, artist, birds, Children's Illustration, drawing, Flowers, Michelle Kogan, Painting, pen, Pen and Ink, pen sketch, Plein Air Painting, quick sketch, Summer Plein Air in the City, Watercolor
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Michelle Kogan’s Summer Art Classes at the Evanston Art Center start on June 16, 2015
Get your pencils and brushes out… My Summer Art Classes begin 2 weeks from today, June 16th at the Evanston Art Center. Please check their online catalogue (my classes were misprinted in the printed catalogue.) For Full descriptions and registration … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Nature photos, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Sketchbooks, Writing
Tagged Art, Art Classes, chicago, Children's Illustration, drawing, Evanston Art Center, Michelle Kogan, Painting, Plein Air Painting, summer
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Art Talk and Plein Air Class at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
Drop by my Art Talk tomorrow 5:30–7:30, and or join my Plein Air Watercolor Class that starts this Saturday both at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Art Talk: Connecting Artists with Nature + Horticulturist Outdoor Tour of Native Plants … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Pencil Drawing, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, chicago, Connecting Artists with Nature, Horticulture, Michelle Kogan, Michelle Kogan Art Talk at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Michelle Kogan Plein Air Class, Native Plants, nature, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Plein Air Class, Plein Air Painting
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In between poem and painting in progress for day 10 NaPoWriMo
Above: Work in progress, Michelle Kogan, In between, watercolor and watercolor pencil. In Between In between not quite done, In between layers, colors, students, seasons, In between expectations, greatness, humility, humbleness, Catch your breath, hone your path, hold tight, steady, focus … Continue reading
Poem: Early Morning Light, & Painting, Michelle Kogan
Early Morning Light It was a nut crackery morning… the trees wore Royal red skirts, as they swayed their trunks and waved their branches, they parted for me and the cobalt sparkling sky shone through… The tambourines and cymbals crescendoed … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Illustration & Writing, Exhibits, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art, Poem, Quick Sketches, Writing
Tagged Art, botanical, Cobalt Blue, Early Morning Light, Evanston Art Center Winter Art Expo 2013, ladybug, Michelle Kogan, MichelleKoganFineArt.etsy.com, nature, Painting, Plein Air, Plein Air Painting, poem, poetry, winter
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2 Fall Art Classes with Michelle Kogan, Lincoln Park Conservatory & Emily Oaks Nature Center…
Greetings and Happy Fall I’m offering two classes from my Chicago studio this fall. I have a few students and have room for a couple more. Send me an email if you are interested or would like more info. mkogan@mdandmk.com … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, Art Classes, emily oaks nature center, exhibits, fall, lincoln park conservatory, Michelle Kogan, Narratives of Nature Watercolors by Michelle Kogan, painting and Drawing, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Plein Air, Plein Air Painting, Seeking the Resplendent Quetzel, Watercolor, watercolor class
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Michelle Kogan Fall Plein Air Workshop Lincoln Park Conservatory & 2 more Art Classes
Michelle Kogan, Bees and Butterflies by the Dunes, © 2013, watercolor and watercolor pencil. Catch the last bit of summer and join me for a Plein Air Workshop … Continue reading
Plein Air Painting In Progress: Michelle Kogan
© Michelle Kogan 2013 Dunes in Progress, watercolor and watercolor pencil. I’m posting this plein air painting that is in progress and that I’ve been working on while teaching my Plein Air Teen class this summer. It’s very appropriate for … Continue reading
Posted in Michelle's Art Classes, Nature, Painting, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, butterflies, dunes, Evanston Art Center, in progress, Michelle Kogan, Plein Air Painting, summer, Watercolor
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Plein Air Workshop with Michelle Kogan at Emily Oaks Nature Center
Emily Oaks Pond, in progress, © Michelle Kogan Dig out those paints and pencils and join me (and the geese) for a 2-day Saturday morning Plein Air Watercolor Workshop at the Emily Oaks Nature Center. Plein Air Watercolor Workshop … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Plein Air Art
Tagged Art, drawing, emily oaks nature center, Michelle Kogan, Plein Air, Plein Air Painting, Plein Air Workshop, Skokie, Watercolor, workshop
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